Functional Abilities in Rett Syndrome

Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rett Syndrome

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00630422

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and determinate the functional abilities in Rett syndrome conforming to the established Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI).

Full description

Rett syndrome (RS) is a progressive neurological disturbance of genetic cause that affects females almost exclusively. It is caused by mutations, usually sporadic, of the MECP2 gene located in the X chromosome. In consequence to the serious cognitive and motor compromise, the RS patients have great difficulty in accomplishing day-to-day tasks. The objective of this work is to evaluate the functional abilities in RS to help therapists in theirs treatments programs.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with Rett syndrome that matched the criteria for the classic form of the disease

Exclusion criteria

• Any other disease;
• Rett syndrome associated with other disease
• Rett syndrome that not that matched the criteria for the classic form of the disease

Trial design

64 participants in 1 patient group

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Description:

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